Railway-rail joint



J. DEMETER.

RAILWAY RAILJOINT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE H, 1921.

1,391,465. a e e ept. 20,1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET J. DEMETER.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE-H, 1921.

PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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INVENTOR. JOK VDEMIZR.

ATT 012N51 UNITEDSTAT s PATENT OFFICE.

I JOHN- METER, or STRATTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. I

"RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT.

. To all whom it may 0051mm Be'it known that I,JOHN DnMiarnma citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Stratton, in the district of Rainy River and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented.

certain new and. useful Improvements ,111 Railway-Raildoints, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in rail joints. The principal object 1s to provide a joint which is, efficient in use, economical to manufacture and which may be readily positioned or dismantled.

A further object is to provide a joint that will hold the bolts of the same in position if any of them should break.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts. as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the embodiment of my present invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the locking members in disengaged position.

Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the locks functioned to hold the locking members in engaged position.

' Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the bolts embodied in my presentinvention.

Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective views, fur-- finer illustrating the locking construction of F-eferring to the drawings, like numerals designate like parts in the various drawings' The numerals 9 and 10 indicate the ends of the rails to be connected, 11 and 12 the fish plates constructed as indicated diagram matically and having the hinged locking members 13, 14, 15 and 16 hingedly mounted by means of the rivets 17, 18, 19 and 20, substantially positioned in having their outer ends enlarged. The ends of the fish plates are arcuate as indicated by the numeral 21 to allow free movement of the same. The numeral 22 indicates the bolts, or pins, as they will be now termed, which are positioned as indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 2. These pins are seated 'wardly by the the fish plates and' specif cation of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 20, 192 1.

1 Application filed June 11, 1921. Serial No. 476,849.

ings 25 in the fishplates, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. In each end of the rail, two of these pins are positioned, as indicated diagrammatically. Openings 26 are positioned in the, hinge members 13, 14, 15 and 16 for, reception of theouter ends 27 of the pins 22. I A portion from each side of the pin is removed, making the corresponding sides of the same parallel for engagement with the parallel sides of the openings 26.

When in position, it is obvious that the abutment 28 will bear against the face of the hinged members 13, 14, 15 and 16 and prevent displacement of.the pins 22. To keep the hinge. members in engaged position, locking mechanism, which will now be 7 slanted to allow free disengagement of the hinge members.

.An aperture 32 is positioned in the end of each hinge member for reception of the slidable pins 33. These pins are urged outcoil springs shown in dotted lines and indicated by the numeral 34. The outer faces 35 of the pins 33 are angular to permit the hinged members 13, 14, 15 and 16 to readily engage with the same. 7 A handle 36 is connected to each of the slidable pins 33 v and slides in the longitudinal openings 37. The outer edges of the device will also be secured to the ties by means of spikes 38.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction of my invention, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction specified, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction of my invention will be clearly understoodand therefore, a more extended explanation has been omitted.

INhat I claim as new is:

1. A means for connecting rails, said means comprising fish plates positioned oppositely on each side of the said rails, pins through an enlarged head on each ofthe said pins, a lug projecting the said fish plates andsaid rails,

from the said head and en-' gaging with an opening configurated in one of the fish plates, the said enlarged head and projecting lug adapted to prevent displacement of the said pins, portions removed from the opposite sides of the said pins, the said hingedly mounted members adapted to engage with the said pins and to secure the said pins in position.

2. A means for connecting rails, said means comprising fish plates positioned oppositely on each side of the said rails, pins through the said fish plates and said rails, an enlargedhead on each of the said pins, a lug projec'ting from the said head and engaglng with an'opening configurated in one i of the fish plates, thesaid enlarged head and projecting lug adapted to prevent displacement of the said pins, portions removed from the opposite sides of the said pins, the said hingedly mounted members adapted to engage vvith the said pins and to secure'the said pins in position and means securing the said hingedly mounted members in locked position. I

3. A means for connectlng rails, sald means comprising fish plates positioned oppositely on each side of the said rails, pins through the said fish plates and said rails, an enlarged head on eachof the said pins, a lug projecting from the said head and engaging with an opening configurated in one of the fish plates, the said enlarged head and I projecting lug adapted to prevent displacement of the said pins, portions removed from the opposite sides of the said pins, the said hingedly mounted members adapted to engage With the said pins and to secure the said pins in position, said means comprising a portion configurated on the'said fish plates intermediate the inner ends of the said JOHN DEME'TER.

Witnesses J. A. WALLACE,

W. H. ELLroT'r.

hingedly mounted members, pins slidably V 

